NewsLetterIssue4 April-June10.indd - RIS stories
NewsLetterIssue4 April-June10.indd - RIS stories NewsLetterIssue4 April-June10.indd - RIS stories
SPORTS AND ACTIVITIES Learning the True Reward of Service By Nicha Ratana-Apiromyakij, Junior Executive, Interact Rotary Club t is spring, the season of the renewal Iof life and hope for the future. Once again, as they have done for the past years, members of the Interact Rotary out of the Club made a trip city, away from comfortable Bangkok and its many luxuries, to build houses for the homeless. The Habitat for Humanity trip lasted four days, from March 24-28. The 33 club members (composed of 11th and 12th grade students) were accompanied by a team of hardworking and delightful chaperones: Ms. Donna Eastlake, Ms. Jillian Nichols, Ms. Lincy Fung, and Mr. Andrew Marusak. Together, they built two houses, for two families: a factory worker with two teenage sons, and a couple with a baby on the way. Had it not been for the various fundraising activities the club coordinated, along with the efforts and donations from our community, the trip wouldn’t have been possible. Fundraising on the club’s behalf was composed of various t-shirt sales and bake sales. The greater half of funds, however, was the generous contributions of business sponsors and individuals. The Interact Rotary Club thanks you for your donations. Despite the painstaking fundraising process, the toughest, and most rewarding part of this project, was building the houses themselves. Picture it if you will: a group of kids who arrive with clean fingernails and ipods, who are taught to mix their first bucket of cement, dig their first holes, build their first walls. The labor was intensive under the sweltering heat, but anyone who went on that trip would say they loved every minute of it. Not only was it a characterbuilding, bonding activity - they had changed lives. The four days flew by. And, before the members knew it, they were handing over the keys to the house. Some students and the new homeowners 42 NEWSLETTER Volume 3, Issue 4
SPORTS AND ACTIVITIES had tears in their eyes. As their bus drove away, and the students watched the waving families disappear as they turned the corner, they felt a sense of fulfillment. Natascha Yogachandra, the club’s co-president, speaks for the members when she says, “Each year, habitat never fails to provide an opportunity for the members to step out of their comfort zone and offer a helping hand to those in need. In addition to building a home for these families, we’re building our own character and learning the true reward of service.” One club member’s remark sums it up: “We did not build houses, we built homes.” NEWSLETTER Volume 3, Issue 4 43
- Page 1 and 2: NEWSLETTER Volume 3, Issue 4 1
- Page 3 and 4: Message from Campus Ministry Dear F
- Page 5 and 6: WELCOME! New Administration Team at
- Page 7 and 8: President of Fr. Ray Foundation, Fr
- Page 9 and 10: COMMUNITY People all over the world
- Page 11 and 12: CURRICULUM AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOP
- Page 13 and 14: ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Hipping and Hoppi
- Page 15 and 16: MIDDLE SCHOOL Me Everlasting ledge
- Page 17 and 18: HIGH SCHOOL SHAKESPEARE SONNET COMP
- Page 19 and 20: aht. In exchange for this investmen
- Page 21 and 22: NEWSLETTER Volume 3, Issue 4 23
- Page 23 and 24: speakers. We learned about a wide r
- Page 25 and 26: Narula; Thanaphol Singh Ng; Charoen
- Page 27 and 28: REDEEMER INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL THAIL
- Page 29 and 30: SPORTS AND ACTIVITIES SEASAC Fine A
- Page 31 and 32: RIS Varsity Tennis Boys 09-10 “We
- Page 33 and 34: SPORTS AND ACTIVITIES Under 15 Girl
- Page 35 and 36: To promote critical thinking we imp
- Page 37 and 38: SPORTS AND ACTIVITIES Legends of Si
- Page 39: UNCENSORED IB ART EXHIBITION @ CENT
- Page 43 and 44: SPORTS AND ACTIVITIES to the creati
- Page 45 and 46: PARENT AUXILIARY RIS Parent Auxilia
- Page 47 and 48: THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS! Reti
- Page 49: Congratulations RIS Seniors! Class
SPORTS AND ACTIVITIES<br />
had tears in their eyes. As their bus<br />
drove away, and the students watched<br />
the waving families disappear as they<br />
turned the corner, they felt a sense of<br />
fulfillment. Natascha Yogachandra,<br />
the club’s co-president, speaks for<br />
the members when she says, “Each<br />
year, habitat never fails to provide<br />
an opportunity for the members to<br />
step out of their comfort zone and<br />
offer a helping hand to those in need.<br />
In addition to building a home for<br />
these families, we’re building our<br />
own character and learning the true<br />
reward of service.”<br />
One club member’s remark sums<br />
it up: “We did not build houses, we<br />
built homes.”<br />
NEWSLETTER Volume 3, Issue 4<br />
43
Change language